Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...

competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics

1968 Summer Olympics

The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Mexico City, Mexico in October 1968. The 1968 Games were the first Olympic Games hosted by a developing country, and the first Games hosted by a Spanish-speaking country...

in Mexico City

Mexico City

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, Mexico

Mexico

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. 58 competitors, 54 men and 4 women, took part in 54 events in 10 sports.

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

• Jorge Vizcarondo
• Round 1 — 10.7 s (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

• Carlos Baez
  Carlos Báez
  Carlos Báez Appleyard is a Paraguayan football defender currently playing for O'Higgins in Chile.-External links:...
  
  
• Round 1 — 1:52.6 min (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

• Willie Rios
• Round 1 — 4:14.4 min (→ 10th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 110 metres hurdles

• Arnaldo Bristol
• Round 1 — 13.9 s (→ 3rd in heat, advanced to semi final)
• Semi final — 14.1 s (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 4x100 metres relay

• Round 1 — DNS

Men's triple jump

• Hector Serrate
• Round 1 — 15.09 m (→ did not advance)

Basketball

Men's team competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)
• Puerto Rico
  Puerto Rico national basketball team
  The Puerto Rico men's national basketball team represents Puerto Rico in international basketball competitions such as the Olympics, the World Championship, and the Americas Championship...
  
   – Senegal
  Senegal national basketball team
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   69-26
• Puerto Rico – Yugoslavia
  Yugoslavia national basketball team
  The Yugoslavian national basketball team represented the Kingdom and socialist Yugoslavia. Its of governing body was the Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia, whose seat was in Belgrade....
  
   72-93
• Puerto Rico – Italy
  Italy national basketball team
  The Italian national basketball team is the national basketball team representing Italy. It is administrated by the Federazione Italiana Pallacanestro ....
  
   65-68
• Puerto Rico – Spain
  Spain national basketball team
  The Spanish national basketball team is the basketball team representing Spain in international competitions, organized and run by the Spanish Basketball Federation...
  
   62-86
• Puerto Rico – Philippines
  Philippines national basketball team
  The men's national basketball team of the Philippines represents the Philippines in international basketball competitions. It is managed by its national basketball federation, the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas...
  
   89-65
• Puerto Rico – Panama 80-69
• Puerto Rico – USA 56-61
• → 5th in group, advanced to playoff
• 9th-12th placement game
• Puerto Rico – Cuba
  Cuba national basketball team
  The Cuba national basketball team is the national basketball team from Cuba. Cuba won the bronze medal at 1972 Summer Olympics and the 4th place 1974 FIBA World Championship...
  
   71-65
• 9th-10th placement game
• Puerto Rico – Bulgaria 67-57
• → 9th place
• Team roster

• ( 4.) Bill McCadney
• ( 5.) Joe Hatton
• ( 6.) Adolfo Porrata
• ( 7.) Angel Cancel
• ( 8.) Rubén Adorno
• ( 9.) Alberto Zamot
• (10.) Raymond Dalmau
  Raymond Dalmau
  Raymond Dalmau Pérez is a retired Puerto Rican professional basketball player. During most of his career, Dalmau played in the National Superior Basketball league. His sons Richie, Christian and Ricardo also played basketball on the highest level of Puerto Rican basketball.-Career:Dalmau...
  
  
• (11.) Jaime Frontera
• (12.) Francisco Córdova
• (13.) Teófilo Cruz
  Teófilo Cruz
  Teófilo Cruz Downs was a Puerto Rican professional basketball player. Cruz has played in the NCAA, and the National Superior Basketball League of Puerto Rico with Santurce Crabbers, Guaynabo Mets, Canovanas Indians, Río Piedras Cardinals, and Mayagüez Tainos. Cruz has played internationally in...
  
  
• (14.) Tomás Gutiérrez
  Tomás Gutiérrez
  Tomás Gutiérrez was a Peruvian military man who led a coup against President José Balta Montero. From July 22, 1872 to July 26, 1872, Gutiérrez was the de facto leader of Peru and the self-proclaimed "Supreme Leader of the Republic." He was overthrown just four days after his proclamation and lynched...
  
  
• (15.) Mariano Ortiz

Boxing

Flyweight (51 kg)

• Heriberto Cintrón
• Round 1 — Lost to Artur Olech
  Artur Olech
  Artur Olech was a Polish boxer. He was born in Lviv, Ukraine and died in Wroclaw, Poland.Olech won two silver medals at the Olympic Games, in 1964 in Tokyo and 1968 in Mexico City.-References:**...
  
   of Poland
  Poland at the 1968 Summer Olympics
  Poland competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 177 competitors, 140 men and 37 women, took part in 112 events in 16 sports.- Gold :* Irena Szewińska — Athletics, Women's 200 metres* Jerzy Kulej — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight...
  
  

Bantamweight (54 kg)

• Andrés Torres
  Andres Torres
  Andrés "Yungo" Torres Jr. is a Major League Baseball outfielder with the San Francisco Giants. He has also played for the Detroit Tigers and the Texas Rangers.-Early life:...
  
  
• Round 2 — Lost to Giuseppe Mura of Italy
  Italy at the 1968 Summer Olympics
  Italy competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 167 competitors, 152 men and 15 women, took part in 103 events in 17 sports.- Gold:* Pierfranco Vianelli — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race...
  
  

Featherweight (57 kg)

• Reinaldo Mercado
• Round 1 — Lost to Jovan Pajkovic of Yugoslavia
  Yugoslavia at the 1968 Summer Olympics
  Athletes from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico.-Medalists:-Men's Team Competition:*Preliminary Round * Defeated United Arab Republic...
  
  

Lightweight (60 kg)

• Eugenio Febus
• Round 1 — Lost to Abdel Sheed of Sudan
  Sudan at the 1968 Summer Olympics
  -Athletics:*Gasmalla Morgan*Men's 100 metres — Heats: 11.0 s *Men's 200 metres — Heats: 22.6 s *Angelo Hussein*Men's 400 metres — Heats: 47.7 s ...
  
  

Light welterweight (63.5 kg)

• Adalberto Siebens
• Round 1 — Lost to Habib Galhia
  Habib Galhia
  Habib Galhia is a retired Tunisian boxer, who won the bronze medal in the men's Light Welterweight category at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.-Source:* Olympic Database...
  
   of Tunisia
  Tunisia at the 1968 Summer Olympics
  - Gold:* Mohammed Gammoudi — Athletics, Men's 5.000 metres- Bronze:* Mohammed Gammoudi — Athletics, Men's 10.000 metres-References:**...
  
  

Middleweight (75 kg)

• Saulo Hernández
• Round 1 — Lost to Raúl Marrero of Cuba
  Cuba at the 1968 Summer Olympics
  Cuba competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 115 competitors, 101 men and 14 women, took part in 78 events in 13 sports.- Silver:*Enrique Regüeiferos — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight...
  
  

Light heavyweight (81 kg)

• Jorge Clemente
• Round of 16 — Lost to Stanislaw Dragan
  Stanislaw Dragan
  Stanialaw Dragan is a boxer from Poland.He competed for Poland in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico in the light-heavyweight event where he finished in third place.-References:*...
  
   of Poland
  Poland at the 1968 Summer Olympics
  Poland competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 177 competitors, 140 men and 37 women, took part in 112 events in 16 sports.- Gold :* Irena Szewińska — Athletics, Women's 200 metres* Jerzy Kulej — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight...
  
  

Cycling

1000 metres time trial

• Edwin Torres — 1:07.65 min (→ 20th place)

Sprint

• Edwin Torres
• Round 1 — 3rd in heat (→ advanced to repechage)
• Repechage — 2nd in heat (→ did not advance)

Individual pursuit

• Edwin Torres
• Heats — failed to depart (→ no ranking)

Diving

Men's 3 metre springboard

• Jerry Anderson (→ 27th place)
• Héctor Bas (→ 28th place)

Men's 10 metre platform

• Jerry Anderson (→ 34th place)
• Héctor Bas (→ 35th place)

Fencing

One fencer represented Puerto Rico in 1968.

Men's foil

Fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's foil

The men's foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifthteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from October 15 to 16 1968. 64 fencers from 25 nations competed.-Results:...

• José Miguel Pérez
  José Miguel Pérez
  José Miguel Pérez is a Puerto Rican fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1968 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
   — defeated in first round
• First round — 6th place in group C with 0 wins and 5 losses (→ did not advance)

1. lost to
2. lost to
3. lost to
4. lost to
5. lost to

Men's épée

Fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's épée

The men's épée was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifthteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from October 21 to 22 1968. 72 fencers from 28 nations competed.-Results:...

• José Miguel Pérez
  José Miguel Pérez
  José Miguel Pérez is a Puerto Rican fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1968 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
   — defeated in first round
• First round — 7th place in group D with 0 wins and 6 losses (→ did not advance)

1. lost to
2. lost to
3. lost to
4. lost to
5. lost to
6. lost to

Sailing

Flying Dutchman class

• Juan Torruella, Radamés Torruella (→ 28th place)

Star class

• Gary Hoyt (→ 10th place)

5.5 metre class

• Lee Gentil, (James Fairbank, Hovey Freeman) (→ 14th place)

Shooting

Men's 50 m rifle prone position

• Ralph Rodríguez — 588 pts (→ 47th place)
• Alberto Santiago — 582 pts (→ 70th place)

Men's 50 m rifle three positions

• Manuel Hawayek
  Hawayek
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   — DNS (→ no ranking)

Men's 50 m pistol

• José González — 511 pts (→ 63rd place)
• Miguel Barasorda — 481 pts (→ 69th place)

Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol

• Fernando Miranda — 558 pts (→ 50th place)
• Leon Lyon — DNS (→ no ranking)

Men's trap

• George Silvernail — 188 pts (→ 31st place)
• Angel Marchand — 156 pts (→ 53rd place)

Men's trap

• Rafael Batista — 187 pts (→ 27th place)
• Alberto Guerrero — 174 pts (→ 45th place)

Swimming

Men's 100 metres freestyle

• Gary Goodner
• Heats — 55.7 s (→ 3rd in heat, advanced to semi final)
• Semi final — 55.8 s (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)
• Michael Goodner
• Heats — 58.2 s (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)
• José Ferriouli
• Heats — 56.1 s (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

Women's 100 metres freestyle

• Ana Marcial
• Heats — 1:10.1 min (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)
• Lorna Blake
• Heats — 1:13.2 min (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)
• Kristina Moir
• Heats — 1:07.9 min (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 200 metres freestyle

• Gary Goodner
• Heats — 2:06.6 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)
• Jorge González
• Heats — 2:09.1 min (→ 4th in heat, did not advance)
• José Ferriouli
• Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)

Women's 200 metres freestyle

• Lorna Blake
• Heats — 2:43.8 min (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)
• Kristina Moir
• Heats — 2:23.1 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)
• Ana Marcial
• Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)

Men's 400 metres freestyle

• Michael Goodner
• Heats — 5:00.2 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)
• Jorge González
• Heats — 4:38.1 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

Women's 400 metres freestyle

• Lorna Blake
• Heats — 5:54.7 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)
• Kristina Moir
• Heats — 4:57.7 min (→ 3rd in heat, did not advance)
• Ana Marcial
• Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)

Women's 800 metres freestyle

• Kristina Moir
• Heats — 10:24.5 min (→ 4th in heat, did not advance)
• Lorna Blake
• Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)
• Ana Marcial
• Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)

Men's 1500 metres freestyle

• Jorge González
• Heats — 19:06.0 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

Women's 100 metres breaststroke

• Liana Vicens
• Heats — 1:25.2 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Women's 200 metres breaststroke

• Liana Vicens
• Heats — 3:16.2 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 100 metres backstroke

• Gary Goodner
• Heats — 1:06.3 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)
• Francisco Ramis
• Heats — 1:07.2 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 200 metres backstroke

• Francisco Ramis
• Heats — 2:30.4 min (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 100 metres butterfly

• José Ferriouli
• Heats — 1:00.6 min (→ 3rd in heat, advanced to semi final)
• Semi final — 1:00.9 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)
• Gary Goodner
• Heats — 1:00.3 min (→ 2nd in heat, advanced to semi final)
• Semi final — 1:00.1 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)

Women's 100 metres butterfly

• Ana Marcial
• Heats — 1:17.1 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)
• Kristina Moir
• Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)

Men's 200 metres butterfly

• José Ferriouli
• Heats — 2:23.4 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Women's 200 metres butterfly

• Kristina Moir
• Heats — 2:51.1 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)
• Ana Marcial
• Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)

Men's 200 metres individual medley

• José Ferriouli
• Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)

Women's 200 metres individual medley

• Liana Vicens
• Heats — 2:57.0 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)
• Kristina Moir
• Heats — 2:42.8 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)
• Ana Marcial
• Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)

Men's 400 metres individual medley

• Francisco Ramis
• Heats — 5:30.9 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Women's 400 metres individual medley

• Kristina Moir
• Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)

Men's 4x100 metres freestyle relay

• Jorge González, Michael Goodner, Gary Goodner, José Ferriouli
• Heats — 3:47.0 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 4x200 metres freestyle relay

• José Ferriouli, Gary Goodner, Michael Goodner, Jorge González
• Heats — 8:40.2 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 4x100 metres medley relay

• Francisco Ramis, Gary Goodner, José Ferriouli, Jorge González
• Heats — 4:27.6 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Women's 4x100 metres medley relay

• Ana Marcial, Kristina Moir, Liana Vicens, Lorna Blake
• Heats — 5:18.2 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Tennis

Men's singles

• Antonio Ortíz
• Round 1 — Lost to Miguel Olvera
  Miguel Olvera
  Miguel Olvera was a tennis player in the 1960s and 1970s, playing for Ecuador.In 1960, as an unseeded player, he won the singles title at the Cincinnati Masters. He remains to this day the only unseeded player ever to win the singles title in Cincinnati...
  
   of Ecuador
  Ecuador at the 1968 Summer Olympics
  Ecuador competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. It was the first time in 44 years that the nation sent athletes to the Olympic Games.-Athletics:* Gustavo Gutierrez-Cycling:* Víctor Morales* Noe Medina* Hipó Pozo* Arnufo Pozo...
  
  
• Alberto Carrero
• Round 1 — Lost to Pierre Darmon
  Pierre Darmon
  Pierre Darmon was a French tennis player.In 1963, he reached his highest world ranking, # 8. He was also ranked in the top 10 worldwide in 1958 and 1964.-Tennis career:...
  
   of France
  France at the 1968 Summer Olympics
  France competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 200 competitors, 169 men and 31 women, took part in 107 events in 16 sports.- Gold:* Colette Besson — Athletics, Women's 400 metres...
  
  
• Stanley Pasarell
• Round 1 — Lost to Rafael Osuna
  Rafael Osuna
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   of Mexico
  Mexico at the 1968 Summer Olympics
  Mexico was the host nation for the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. 275 competitors, 233 men and 42 women, took part in 146 events in 20 sports.- Gold:* Ricardo Delgado — Boxing, Men's Flyweight...
  
  

Men's doubles

• Stanley Pasarell, Alberto Carrero
• Round 1 — Beat Humberto Camarotti and Juan Brito
  Juan Brito
  Juan Ramon Brito is a J-BRITo catcher. Brito made his MLB debut with the Kansas City Royals in...
  
   of Cuba
  Cuba at the 1968 Summer Olympics
  Cuba competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 115 competitors, 101 men and 14 women, took part in 78 events in 13 sports.- Silver:*Enrique Regüeiferos — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight...
  
  
• Quarter-final — Lost to Joaquín Loyo and Pierre Darmon
  Pierre Darmon
  Pierre Darmon was a French tennis player.In 1963, he reached his highest world ranking, # 8. He was also ranked in the top 10 worldwide in 1958 and 1964.-Tennis career:...
  
   of Mexico
  Mexico at the 1968 Summer Olympics
  Mexico was the host nation for the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. 275 competitors, 233 men and 42 women, took part in 146 events in 20 sports.- Gold:* Ricardo Delgado — Boxing, Men's Flyweight...
  
   and France
  France at the 1968 Summer Olympics
  France competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 200 competitors, 169 men and 31 women, took part in 107 events in 16 sports.- Gold:* Colette Besson — Athletics, Women's 400 metres...
  
  

Weightlifting

Featherweight

• Enrique Hernández
• Press — 115.0 kg
• Snatch — 100.0 kg
• Jerk — 130.0 kg
• Total — 345.0 kg (→ 13th place)
• Pedro Serrano
• Press — 97.5 kg
• Snatch — 97.5 kg
• Jerk — 127.5 kg
• Total — 322.5 kg (→ 17th place)

Bantamweight

• Fernando Báez
  Fernando Báez
  Fernando Báez is a Venezuelan writer, poet and essayist. He has studied the destruction of libraries along the history. Some of his works are Historia universal de la destrucción de libros, Historia de la antigua biblioteca de Alejandría and La destrucción cultural de Iraq....
  
  
• Press — 120.0 kg
• Snatch — 92.5 kg
• Jerk — 132.5 kg
• Total — 345.0 kg (→ 6th place)

Light heavyweight

• Angel Pagán
• Press — 145.0 kg
• Snatch — 130.0 kg
• Jerk — 160.0 kg
• Total — 435.0 kg (→ 9th place)
• José Figueroa
• Press — 137.5 kg
• Snatch — 120.0 kg
• Jerk — 152.5 kg
• Total — 410.0 kg (→ 20th place)

Middle heavyweight

• Fernando Torres
• Press — 135.0 kg
• Snatch — 115.0 kg
• Jerk — 155.0 kg
• Total — 405.0 kg (→ 22nd place)

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
  • Part Three: Results